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Alexa - Bad? Really Bad?

From: Susan Kuchinskas <susank_at_adweek.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:03:03 -0600 (CST)

JOHNNY HO <JOHNNY_at_HYPER-GALAXY.COM> WROTE
>does the Alexa browser display ads on every page,
>including sites that already have their own adveritisements?
>If so, where are their advertisements placed? Wouldn't this
>extra advertising space reduces the overall ctr rate of the
>site visited? Does Alexa actually compensate sites in any
>ways?
>
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Creepy, maybe, but not "bad." The Alexa application is a
stand-alone, small movable window. A tiny ad is included in
its frame, which can be targeted to the content of the page
being viewed--or anything else. So it doesn't actually serve
an ad "onto" the page. Alexa launches automatically when I
launch my browser, but I can turn it off and on easily.

The payback for the ad is information about the site: how
many times visited, the 2 or 3 sites Alexa users visited
afterwards, and, what makes it very useful for me as a
journalist, who the site is registered to *with the phone
number*. I love this feature since <gratuitous kvetch> so
many of you people don't put your contact information on the
front page or anywhere else I can find it quickly and easily
</kvetch>.

Susan Kuchinskas
senior reporter
Adweek's IQ
http://www.adweek.com
(415) 986-1800 x 200


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